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I I ih . - til f !T J V'. Thursday, April 2, 1987 Weber State College Vol. 47 No. 39 Senafe stuck on value of the dollar Emilie Bean SignOff Editor A current proposal before the student senate would actually decrease student fees by $1 for the 1987-88 school year. The proposal, brought before the senate by the Student Fee Allocations Committee, would eliminate the Building Refurbishment line and therefore reduce total fees from $75 to $74. However, the senate is still debating the issue because this would leave no back-up funding for emergencies or special projects. The comjnittee allocated $2,389,904. an increase over last year's total because of an anticipated increase in enrollment The committee based its judgment on the recently passed student fee philosophy. Heavy emphasis was placed on the philosophy of the number of students reached by an organization oi service as well as the number of students participating. Of particular note is the funding of an InfoTrac system for the library. The system will cost Weber $49,000 from the now omitted Building Refurbishment fund plus another $45,000 to add to the library surcharge money. As a quick overview, some of the areas that saw an increase in funding were the Union Building. KWCR radio and the debate team. Additionally, some emphasis in the new department of performing arts was apparent. The model United Nations actually saw a decrease in fees. Also, student government and some areas of informal recreation received cuts. Athletics and the student health center received the same as last year. Also of note is the warning to the Wilderness Recreation Center. It reads. "Wilderness Recreation is slated for elimination April 1. 1988 unless the budget is balanced and student usage has doubled." (see SENATE on page 3) Inside . V. : 1' V A f ' " WILDCAT TERRITORY: Workers placed a sign indicating the Highway 89 turn-olf to Weber, south of Lagoon on 1-15. last Tuesday. (Signpost photo: Darwin Shaw) Franchises study WSC for business Christopher Gamble Assistant News Editor McDonald's food franchise may have a bit of competition from Hardees for a spot on Weber State College's campus. Hardees representative Tom Pilk-ington met with Steve Brooks. WSC representative, on March 6. to discuss the feasability of a fast food franchise on campus. Pilkington. Hardees' regional director of training, said any fast food feeder could make a legitimate go at WSC. Brooks gave Pilkington a tour of campus and pointed out possible areas' for a franchise location. "We looked at the Junction. Wilderness Recreation Center and the area currently occupied by the Signpost." Brooks said. Pilkington said he was impressed with, the student traffic on campus at noon. He added, however, he was not impressed with the quality of food at the Junction."When we ate at the Junction," said Brooks, "my hamburger was soggy and would not separate from the bun when I put ketchup on. We were amused, not impressed." (see FRANCHISES on page 5) Lifters vary in look and reason 'Shoplifting is more widespread than we would like to think' Cecily Markland Contributing Writer Shoplifters. They come in all shapes and sizes, every age and color. Their motive and methods are almost as varied. A women walks into a grocery store, fills a sack with expensive cuts of meat, then walks out wothout paying. A gray-haired man pays for a tool, places it in his car and returns to the store with the receipt. He tapes the receipt on a second, identical tool and carries it to his car. thus getting two for the price of one. On a dare, to earn the right to join a club, a teenage boy enters a store, slips a cassette tape inside his coat and joins his friends who are waiting in the car. "There is nothing distinctive about a shoplifter," said Dr. Paul Johnson, head of the criminal justice department at Weber State College. "They range from housewives .to juveniles. Some steal to eat. some steal because they consider it their business, their job." Johnson said. "1 have picked up every kind of person, from a bank vice-president stealing spaghetti mix to an escaped prisoner." said. Jerry W. Summers, security guard for Safeway. Inc. on 24th Street. In that store alone. 326 people were arrested for shoplifting in 1986. said Summers. Sears, in the Newgate Mall, caught 200 people last year said Scott Wayment. assistant manager. Yet. only a fraction of the shoplifters are being apprehended. A nationwide study suggests that one in 35 are picked up. said Johnson. And. while that figure could change depending on area and situations, he feels it is "at least a ballpark figure for this area." "Shoplifting is more widespread than we would like to think." said David Gladwell. attorney. "Dishonesty is increas ing." Society picures, he said, a false stereotype "of a little Mexican guy who runs in and grabs something and runs out." Instead, shoplifters are often middle-class adults who walk through the checkstand. "The majority will pay for some items then conceal others on their person," Summers said. "This helps them feel clear in their conscience." "They justify it in their own minds, feel they spend enough money in town and think. 'It's not going to hurt this big store anyway'," said Lt. Chuch Buzick. of the Ogden City Police. Often the items taken are not necessities. Cigarettes are a popular mark for shoplifters. Cosmetics, greeting cards, jewelry, candy, and cassette tapes also tempt their sticky fingers. "Our marketing system, the advertising, wets our appetites for so many things." Gladwell said. "Often they take small, surplus items. And. when they get caught, they could just die. thinking, 'for another $2 I could have purchased this, now I'm spending the night in jail'." Some people, especially teenagers, shoplift for the thrill of it. said Johnson. They are often acting on a dare or as arite-of-entry into a group. Kathryn Wormsley. Weber State College senior, said she did a lot of shoplifting as a teenager. She estimated that she took $1,000 worth of candy, jewelry and cigarettes over a seven-year period between the age of 8 and 15 "A lot of it is 'this is cool, look what I can do'." she said. But other factors came into play as well. "I had a lot of time on mi. hands, and not much money." She also was a smoker and was too young to buy cigarettes. (see LIFTERS on page 7)

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I I ih . - til f !T J V'. Thursday, April 2, 1987 Weber State College Vol. 47 No. 39 Senafe stuck on value of the dollar Emilie Bean SignOff Editor A current proposal before the student senate would actually decrease student fees by $1 for the 1987-88 school year. The proposal, brought before the senate by the Student Fee Allocations Committee, would eliminate the Building Refurbishment line and therefore reduce total fees from $75 to $74. However, the senate is still debating the issue because this would leave no back-up funding for emergencies or special projects. The comjnittee allocated $2,389,904. an increase over last year's total because of an anticipated increase in enrollment The committee based its judgment on the recently passed student fee philosophy. Heavy emphasis was placed on the philosophy of the number of students reached by an organization oi service as well as the number of students participating. Of particular note is the funding of an InfoTrac system for the library. The system will cost Weber $49,000 from the now omitted Building Refurbishment fund plus another $45,000 to add to the library surcharge money. As a quick overview, some of the areas that saw an increase in funding were the Union Building. KWCR radio and the debate team. Additionally, some emphasis in the new department of performing arts was apparent. The model United Nations actually saw a decrease in fees. Also, student government and some areas of informal recreation received cuts. Athletics and the student health center received the same as last year. Also of note is the warning to the Wilderness Recreation Center. It reads. "Wilderness Recreation is slated for elimination April 1. 1988 unless the budget is balanced and student usage has doubled." (see SENATE on page 3) Inside . V. : 1' V A f ' " WILDCAT TERRITORY: Workers placed a sign indicating the Highway 89 turn-olf to Weber, south of Lagoon on 1-15. last Tuesday. (Signpost photo: Darwin Shaw) Franchises study WSC for business Christopher Gamble Assistant News Editor McDonald's food franchise may have a bit of competition from Hardees for a spot on Weber State College's campus. Hardees representative Tom Pilk-ington met with Steve Brooks. WSC representative, on March 6. to discuss the feasability of a fast food franchise on campus. Pilkington. Hardees' regional director of training, said any fast food feeder could make a legitimate go at WSC. Brooks gave Pilkington a tour of campus and pointed out possible areas' for a franchise location. "We looked at the Junction. Wilderness Recreation Center and the area currently occupied by the Signpost." Brooks said. Pilkington said he was impressed with, the student traffic on campus at noon. He added, however, he was not impressed with the quality of food at the Junction."When we ate at the Junction," said Brooks, "my hamburger was soggy and would not separate from the bun when I put ketchup on. We were amused, not impressed." (see FRANCHISES on page 5) Lifters vary in look and reason 'Shoplifting is more widespread than we would like to think' Cecily Markland Contributing Writer Shoplifters. They come in all shapes and sizes, every age and color. Their motive and methods are almost as varied. A women walks into a grocery store, fills a sack with expensive cuts of meat, then walks out wothout paying. A gray-haired man pays for a tool, places it in his car and returns to the store with the receipt. He tapes the receipt on a second, identical tool and carries it to his car. thus getting two for the price of one. On a dare, to earn the right to join a club, a teenage boy enters a store, slips a cassette tape inside his coat and joins his friends who are waiting in the car. "There is nothing distinctive about a shoplifter," said Dr. Paul Johnson, head of the criminal justice department at Weber State College. "They range from housewives .to juveniles. Some steal to eat. some steal because they consider it their business, their job." Johnson said. "1 have picked up every kind of person, from a bank vice-president stealing spaghetti mix to an escaped prisoner." said. Jerry W. Summers, security guard for Safeway. Inc. on 24th Street. In that store alone. 326 people were arrested for shoplifting in 1986. said Summers. Sears, in the Newgate Mall, caught 200 people last year said Scott Wayment. assistant manager. Yet. only a fraction of the shoplifters are being apprehended. A nationwide study suggests that one in 35 are picked up. said Johnson. And. while that figure could change depending on area and situations, he feels it is "at least a ballpark figure for this area." "Shoplifting is more widespread than we would like to think." said David Gladwell. attorney. "Dishonesty is increas ing." Society picures, he said, a false stereotype "of a little Mexican guy who runs in and grabs something and runs out." Instead, shoplifters are often middle-class adults who walk through the checkstand. "The majority will pay for some items then conceal others on their person," Summers said. "This helps them feel clear in their conscience." "They justify it in their own minds, feel they spend enough money in town and think. 'It's not going to hurt this big store anyway'," said Lt. Chuch Buzick. of the Ogden City Police. Often the items taken are not necessities. Cigarettes are a popular mark for shoplifters. Cosmetics, greeting cards, jewelry, candy, and cassette tapes also tempt their sticky fingers. "Our marketing system, the advertising, wets our appetites for so many things." Gladwell said. "Often they take small, surplus items. And. when they get caught, they could just die. thinking, 'for another $2 I could have purchased this, now I'm spending the night in jail'." Some people, especially teenagers, shoplift for the thrill of it. said Johnson. They are often acting on a dare or as arite-of-entry into a group. Kathryn Wormsley. Weber State College senior, said she did a lot of shoplifting as a teenager. She estimated that she took $1,000 worth of candy, jewelry and cigarettes over a seven-year period between the age of 8 and 15 "A lot of it is 'this is cool, look what I can do'." she said. But other factors came into play as well. "I had a lot of time on mi. hands, and not much money." She also was a smoker and was too young to buy cigarettes. (see LIFTERS on page 7)